Waimanalo co-op starts to sprout

~~<p>Waimanalo community members are uniting to create a cooperative market and hope to lease as a storefront the old Mel's Market site along Kalanianaole Highway.</p><p>&quot;It's a consumer's co-op, not a producer's co-op (like a farmers market),&quot; said Kehau Padilla, the co-op's steering committee coordinator, adding that it will be Oahu's second co-op market after Kokua Market.</p>~~

Waimanalo community members are uniting to create a cooperative market and hope to lease as a storefront the old Mel's Market site along Kalanianaole Highway.

"It's a consumer's co-op, not a producer's co-op (like a farmers market)," said Kehau Padilla, the co-op's steering committee coordinator, adding that it will be Oahu's second co-op market after Kokua Market. Login for more...